Australian scientists who discovered the ‘curly gene,’ or the trichohyalin gene, are now developing a pill to make hair straighter or curlier. The discovery will also make it possible to predict whether a baby will have straight or curly hair. And it may even help police with DNA found at the scene of the crime indicating how wavy a suspect’s locks are.

I wonder how far out we are from having this pill become a reality. Read the whole story here.